Source Analysis Flashcards

1
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Who was the Kaiser

A

King/Emperor

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2
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Who was the Chancellor

A

Chief minister

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3
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What was the Reichstag

A

Parliament

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4
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Who were the Sparticist leaders

A

Karl Leibknecht and Rosa Luxemburg

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5
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When was the Sparticist uprising

A

January 1919

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6
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What did the Sparticists want

A

A communist revolution like that of Russia

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7
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What did the Sparticists do

A

Stage revolutions and political unrest

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8
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How were the Sparticists defeated

A

The Freikorps are ordered to shoot anyone with a gun killing over 150

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9
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When was the Kupp Putsch

A

March 13th to 18th 1920

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10
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What was the Kupp Putsch

A

Extreme right wings attempt to overthrow the government

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11
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What are the Freikorps

A

A military unit

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12
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Who led the Kapp Putsch

A

Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Luttwitz

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13
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What happened in the Kapp Putsch

A

General von Luttwitz refused to obey government orders to dissolute the Freikorps

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14
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Who refused army intervention

A

General von Seeckt

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15
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What was the government response to the Kapp Putsch

A

President Elbert, Chancellor Bauer and the Cabinet left Berlin

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16
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Significance of the Kapp Putsch

A

It was the first attempt by radical right to seize power, revealed the power of the Germany army in the state

17
Q

When was the treaty of versailles signed

A

28th June 1919

18
Q

How much reparations were require

A

132 billion gold mark

19
Q

Why did France occupy the Ruhr

A

Germany announced after its 1st payment in August 1921 that it wouldn’t be able to pay its second

20
Q

How many troops occupied the Ruhr

A

By January 1923, 60 000 troops occupied the Ruhr

21
Q

What was passive resistance

A

German workers on the Ruhr went on strike

22
Q

What was the result of passive resistance

A

French bought workers to the Ruhr, thousands of Germans were removed, over 150 Germans were killed

23
Q

How much was 1 USD in gold mark pre war

A

4.2 gold mark

24
Q

How much was 1 USD in gold mark Jan 1920

A

64.8 gold mark

25
Q

How much was 1 USD in gold mark Jan 1923

A

17 972 gold mark

26
Q

What did article 48 allow

A

The President to overrule in ‘times of emergency’

27
Q

What was the result of proportional voting

A

28 parties held seats so the government experienced frequent changes